• Five Steps to Walking by Faith

    Faith

    Five Steps to Walking by Faith Salvation. Accting Jesus as your Savior is your first step of living by faith. Surrender. A surrender definitely happens at the moment of salvation, but each day following we must surrender. Christ has called us to “take up your cross.” (Luke 9:23) It means to give God the proper acknowledge each day. Acknowledge that God is in control each day. You need to tell yourself and God. Give Him your plans. Your desires. Surrender. Step Out.  2…

  • The Forgiven Are Faithful

    Devotional, Faith

    A moneylender loaned money to two people. The first needed $1000. Maybe it was for a house payment. A month of groceries. Necessities for life. The second needed $50. Maybe he needed some new shoes or jeans. Maybe to help with a few groceries. A few dollars to help him get by until the next paycheck. As the weeks passed, both of these individuals fell deeper into a financial hole. When it came time to collect the debt, the moneylender began…

  • Is Your Boat Sinking?

    Faith

    Thunder cracked in the middle of the night. But it wasn’t the storm that woke me. I heard a faint cry coming from the bedrooms. I rolled out of bed. Inside the dark room, I heard another whimper and picked up the child. The little one was half awake and drenched in sweat. I calmed the sleepy toddler with gentle rocking motions. Pacing the floor in the dark.  The storm outside passed overhead and sleep returned. The storms of life…

  • The Faith of a Harlot

    Devotional, Faith

    Rahab. The prostitute, with her red cord and brazen lies are the subject of books, commentaries, and articles. Rahab. A woman who started out with a questionable past and then finds herself in the linage of Christ. Rahab leads our study on faith for the month of November. Rahab’s story is found in the first few chapters of Joshua. We find Rahab living in the land of Canaan. God had promised this land to His people. It was time to conquer it….